In response to Nashville Mayor Karl Dean’s proposal to raise property taxes by 13 percent, Beacon’s graphics team has put together an infographic on the mayor’s proposed budget. You can view it below or click below to download your own PDF copy. Click here for a PDF of “The Mayor’s...

TNReport.com outlines Thursday’s vote by the state House of Representatives to repeal the death tax. The story includes a portion of Beacon CEO Justin Owen’s statement immediately after the House voted 88-8 to repeal the tax. Justin Owen, CEO of a free-market think-tank called The Beacon...

The Beacon Center of Tennessee applauds the House of Representatives for passing a full repeal of the state death tax today in a bipartisan vote. The bill, HB3760, will phase out the death tax, eliminating it entirely by 2016. “The death tax repeal is a tremendous victory for all Tennesseans,”...

The Beacon Center of Tennessee applauds the House of Representatives for passing a full repeal of the state death tax today in a bipartisan vote. The bill, HB3760, will phase out the death tax, eliminating it entirely by 2016. “The death tax repeal is a tremendous victory for all Tennesseans,”...

Beacon CEO Justin Owen takes issue with a recent editorial by the Chattanooga Times in opposition to the state death tax repeal efforts. Read his letter to the editor here and below. Repealing death tax is the way to go Contrary to your March 27 editorial (Tennessee tax breaks and racism), Gov. Haslam...

The Free Press editorial board in Chattanooga urges lawmakers to repeal the state death and gift taxes. The editorial uses Beacon’s recent study authored by Dr. Art Laffer to back up its position. Read the editorial here.

Today’s Nashville Business Journal covers the move to repeal the state death tax, highlighting Beacon’s leadership on the issue. Read the story here (subscription required).

March 7, 2012 NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee today released a publication telling the stories of two Tennessee farmers who could be harmed by the state’s onerous death tax. The publication, titled Splitting the Farm, shows how the death tax damages the state’s economy and could put...

NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee has teamed up with the Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics to publish a recent analysis of Tennessee’s death and gift taxes by noted economist Arthur Laffer. The study, “The Economic Consequences of Tennessee’s Gift and Estate Tax,” was conducted...